#them

By far the most important factor in the success or failure of any school, far more important than tests or standards or business-model methods of accountability, is simply attracting the best-educated, most exciting young people into urban schools and keeping them there. ↗

— Jonathan Kozol

#any #attracting #best-educated #exciting #factor

I love the ability to work with very good managers, and to provide the right incentives for them, and truly become a partner with that management, and make that management take a long view. ↗

— Henry Kravis

#become #good #good managers #i #i love

I think a moment of critical energy has suddenly emerged. But moments like this come and go unless we seize them at their height. ↗

— Jonathan Kozol

#come and go #critical #emerged #energy #go

Instead of seeing these children for the blessings that they are, we are measuring them only by the standard of whether they will be future deficits or assets for our nation's competitive needs. ↗

— Jonathan Kozol

#blessings #children #competitive #deficits #future

Wonderful teachers should never let themselves be drill sergeants for the state. ↗

— Jonathan Kozol

#never #should #state #teachers #themselves

Safin, in his way, is very talented. It is a joy to watch them play; it is tennis of a very high quality. ↗

— Richard Krajicek

#high quality #his #his way #joy #play

It's not just buying the company. Sure, we picked the right companies, and we picked the right management and, most importantly, we've given them the right incentive to perform. ↗

— Henry Kravis

#companies #company #given #importantly #incentive

Every night is different, you never know what it's going to be like. I remember every night. I don't like to compare them. ↗

— Lenny Kravitz

#different #every #every night #going #i

I wasn't the kind of person that liked waiting for autographs or following them, I just liked to go to the shows, study their records, driving many, many hours to different states to go to concerts. ↗

— Lenny Kravitz

#concerts #different #driving #following #go

That's a big gift when people say to you that a song helped them or brought them to some place in their life where they needed to be. ↗

— Lenny Kravitz

#brought #gift #helped #life #needed